credibility

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from French crédibilité, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛd.ə.ˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/

Noun

credibility (countable and uncountable, plural credibilities)

1. Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.

   After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.

2. (law) Believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

Synonyms

• (reputation impacting one's ability to be believed): believability, personal capital

Coordinate terms

• cred

Related terms

• credence
• credible
• credit

Translations

reputation impacting one's ability to be believed

• Catalan: credibilitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可靠性 (zh) (kěkàoxìng), 可信性 (kěxìnxìng)

• Czech: důvěryhodnost f
• Dutch: geloofwaardigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: uskottavuus (fi), uskottavuus (fi)
• French: crédibilité (fr) f
• Galician: credibilidade (gl) f
• Georgian: დამაჯერებლობა (damaǯerebloba), საიმედოობა (saimedooba), სანდოობა (sandooba)
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• German: Glaubwürdigkeit (de) f
• Irish: inchreidteacht f
• Japanese: 信用性 (shin'yō-sē)
• Manx: yn-chredjallys m
• Portuguese: credibilidade f
• Romanian: credibilitate (ro)
• Russian: креди́т доверия (ru) (kredít doverija)
• Scottish Gaelic: creideas m
• Spanish: credibilidad (es) f
• Swedish: trovärdighet (sv) c

law: whether or not a witness is being truthful

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可靠性 (zh) (kěkàoxìng), 可信性 (kěxìnxìng)

• Finnish: uskottavuus (fi)
• Georgian: უტყუარობა (uṭq̇uaroba), სანდოობა (sandooba)
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• Irish: creidiúnacht f
• Polish: wiarygodność (pl) f
• Romanian: credibilitate (ro) f
• Russian: достове́рность (ru) (dostovérnostʹ)

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• German: ^{(please verify)} Glaubwürdigkeit (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) Hebrew: אמינות (aminut) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} credibilidad (es) f